The Private Press

The Private Press
Studio album by DJ Shadow
Released June 2, 2002
Genre Electronica, trip hop
Length 56:57
Label MCA
Producer DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow chronology

Preemptive Strike
(1998)		 The Private Press
(2002)		 The Private Repress
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (85/100) [1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Robert Christgau (A) [3]
Entertainment Weekly (A−) [4]
Stylus Magazine (C) [5]
Pitchfork Media (7.0/10) [6]
RapReviews (9.5/10) [7]
The A.V. Club (favorable) [8]
New York Magazine (favorable) [9]
The Austin Chronicle [10]
Rolling Stone [11]
Q Magazine [12]
Sputnikmusic [13]

The Private Press is the second full-length studio album by DJ Shadow, released on June 2, 2002 on MCA. Although not as critically well-received as his 1996 debut breakthrough Endtroducing....., The Private Press still received widespread acclaim.[1]

Release

The single "Six Days" featured a promotional video directed by Wong Kar-wai. "Blood on the Motorway" was featured in a TV commercial for the British mobile phone network O2 and for the BBC advert for Darwin: The Genius of Evolution.

The limited edition version of The Private Press has different packaging, and includes "Giving Up the Ghost (original version)" and a bonus disc featuring "Pushin' Buttons Live," a 12-minute live track featuring Cut Chemist and DJ Nu-Mark.

The album was given a Parental Advisory warning, because the tracks "Walkie Talkie" and "Mashin' on the Motorway" contain several uses of profanity. An edited version also exists with the profane moments re-edited.

The Private Repress was released in 2003, consisting of remixed tracks and b-sides from the recording era.

The song "Blood on the Motorway" was featured in the ending scene of the film dot the i and in the film Better Luck Tomorrow.

Track listing

  1. (Letter from Home) – 1:09
  2. "Fixed Income" – 4:49
  3. "Un Autre Introduction" – 0:44
  4. "Walkie Talkie" – 2:27
  5. "Giving Up the Ghost" – 6:30
  6. "Six Days" – 5:02
  7. "Mongrel..." – 2:20
  8. "...Meets His Maker" – 3:02
  9. "Right Thing/GDMFSOB" – 4:20
  10. "Monosylabik" – 6:46
  11. "Mashin' on the Motorway" – 2:58
  12. "Blood on the Motorway" – 9:12
  13. "You Can't Go Home Again" – 7:03
  14. (Letter from Home) – 0:57
  15. Giving Up the Ghost (original version) – 6:14 – in the limited edition
A limited edition version of the album came with an additional single track CD. The track was "Pushin' Buttons Live" and featured guest appearances from Jurassic 5 DJs Cut Chemist and DJ Nu-Mark.

Samples

"(Letter from Home)"

"Fixed Income"

"Un Autre Introduction"

"Walkie Talkie"

"Giving Up the Ghost"

"Six Days"

"Mongrel...Meets His Maker"

"Right Thing/GDMFSOB"

"Monosylabik"

"Mashin' on the Motorway"

"Blood on the Motorway"

"You Can't Go Home Again"

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Private Press - DJ Shadow". MetaCritic. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
  2. ↑ Bush, John. "DJ Shadow: The Private Press > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "DJ Shadow : The Private Press". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Browne, David (14 June 2002). "The Private Press: DJ Shadow". Entertainment Weekly (Time) (658). ISSN 1049-0434.
  5. ↑ Southall, Nick (1 September 2003). 2003 "DJ Shadow : The Private Press". Stylus Magazine.
  6. ↑ Pecoraro, David M (5 June 2002). "DJ Shadow : The Private Press". Pitchfork Media.
  7. ↑ http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2002_05F_privatepress.html
  8. ↑ Battaglia, Andy (11 June 2002). "The Private Press". The A.V. Club (The Onion).
  9. ↑ Brown, Ethan (10 June 2002). "True to Form". New York Magazine (New York Media). ISSN 0028-7369.
  10. ↑ Coletti, Christopher (14 June 2002). "Phases and Stages". The Austin Chronicle. ISSN 1074-0740.
  11. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (22 May 2002). "DJ Shadow : The Private Press". Rolling Stone (Wenner Media). Archived from the original on 24 February 2009.
  12. ↑ May 2002, p.107
  13. ↑ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/12496/DJ-Shadow-The-Private-Press/

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